DENVER (JTA) — A Denver talk radio host said he was fired mid-show by the conservative radio station that hosts it after he criticized Donald Trump on air.
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Craig Silverman, who is a former chief deputy district attorney and who is Jewish, told the Denver Post that he was in the middle of talking about former Trump personal attorney Roy Cohn on his show on 710 KNUS radio when he was interrupted by network news.
KNUS program director Kelly Michaels came in to the studio and told Silverman “You’re done,” he told the newspaper.
Silverman tweeted in response to his apparent firing: “I cannot and will not toe strict Trump party line. I call things as I see them. I see corruption and blatant dishonesty by President and his cronies. I also see bullying/smearing of American heroes w/courage to take oath and tell truth. Their bravery inspires me.”
Silverman has told his radio audience that he voted for Trump in 2016, and for Mitt Romney in 2012.
His show has been on KNUS for the last five years. He co-hosted a political talk show on Clear Channel for the 10 years before that, the Washington Post reported.
During his recent shows Silverman has indicated that it is valid for Congress to hold an impeachment inquiry, and has questioned Trump’s alleged actions in his dealings with Ukraine.
Thanks Dylan. I cannot and will not toe strict Trump party line. I call things as I see them. I see corruption and blatant dishonesty by President and his cronies. I also see bullying/smearing of American heroes w/courage to take oath and tell truth. Their bravery inspires me. https://t.co/o9Z4cb7pfe
— Craig Silverman (@craigscolorado) November 16, 2019
Wow. I thought only the Democrats were bullies.
If a guy get on NPR aka WNYC and pledged his support as a host (not as a caller) you think he’d still be employed by NPR? Say one of the hosts at morning editon did that? This channel is a private business unlike NPR. They have a right to control their message.
He was fired for having a weekly show on shabbos morning when he should have been in shul!
Are the owners of the station so afraid of a discussion of Trump’s ties to the late Roy Cohn that they actually fire a guy? How overly sensitive can those sniveling Trumpers be? Shouldn’t listeners be presented with facts to enable them to form their own opinions?
DingBat Donald’s goosesteppers prevent the truth about his malfeasance to get out into the public. No dissent is allowed. You can’t testify when subpoened. Get thrown off Fox or the radio if you dare say a vort against the Dear Fuhrer. But the IMPEACHMENT IS ON. Eight new witnesses this week who heard the ‘perfect call’ FIRSTHAND. Decomposing Donald on way OUT.
What chutzpah criticizing the Chosen One who according to Niki Haley never lies. Under the despots who Trump admires such as Duarte and Kim Jong the man would be executed for this crime.